Analysis of Jerusalem: England! awake! awake! awake!
William Blake 1757 (Soho) – 1827 (London)
England! awake! awake! awake!
Jerusalem thy Sister calls!
Why wilt thou sleep the sleep of death
And close her from thy ancient walls?
Thy hills and valleys felt her feet
Gently upon their bosoms move:
Thy gates beheld sweet Zion's ways:
Then was a time of joy and love.
And now the time returns again:
Our souls exult, and London's towers
Receive the Lamb of God to dwell
In England's green and pleasant bowers.
| Scheme | XAXA XXXX XBXB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
| Metre | 10010101 01001101 11110111 01011101 11010101 1001111 111111 11011101 01010101 1010101010 01011111 010101010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 483 |
| Words | 76 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 108 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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